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Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
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. The colours in the table correspond to the coding of the Metro lines.
| № | Segment | Date | New stations | Segment length (km) | Total stations | Total length (km) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sokolniki — Park Kultury — Smolenskaya | 15.05.1935 | 13 | 12.0 | 13 | 12.0 | |
| 2 | Smolenskaya — Kiyevskaya | 20.03.1937 | 1 | 1.4 | 14 | 13.4 | A branch from Park Kultury to Kiyevskaya |
| 3 | Alexandrovsky Sad — Kurskaya | 13.03.1938 | 2 | 3.2 | 16 | 15.7 | |
| 4 | Teatralnaya — Sokol | 11.09.1938 | 6 | 8.5 | 22 | 24.2 | without Tverskaya |
| 5 | Teatralnaya — Avtozavodskaya | 01.01.1943 | 1 | 6.2 | 23 | 30.4 | Without Novokuznetskaya and Paveletskaya |
| 6 | Novokuznetskaya, Paveletskaya | 20.11.1943 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 30.4 | |
| 7 | Kurskaya — Partizanskaya | 18.01.1944 | 3 | 7.1 | 28 | 37.5 | Without Elektrozavodskaya |
| 8 | Elektrozavodskaya | 15.05.1944 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 37.5 | |
| 9 | Park Kultury — Kurskaya | 01.01.1950 | 6 | 6.5 | 35 | 44.0 | |
| 10 | Kurskaya — Belorusskaya | 30.01.1952 | 4 | 7.0 | 39 | 51.0 | |
| 11 | Ploshad Revolutsii — Kiyevskaya | 05.04.1953 | 3 | 3.9 | 38 | 50.9 | Ploshad Revolutsii — Kiyevskaya segment through Alexandrovsky Sad closed (4 stations, 4.0 km) |
| 12 | Belorusskaya — Park Kultury | 14.03.1954 | 2 | 5.9 | 40 | 56.8 | |
| 13 | Partizanskaya — Pervomayskaya | 24.09.1954 | 1 | 1.5 | 41 | 58.3 | Tempopary station opened (worked until 1961) |
| 14 | Park Kultury — Sportivnaya | 01.05.1957 | 2 | 2.5 | 43 | 60.8 | |
| 15 | Prospekt Mira — VDNKh | 01.05.1958 | 4 | 4.5 | 47 | 65.3 | |
| 16 | Kiyevskaya — Kutuzovskaya | 07.11.1958 | 2 | 2.3 | 53 | 70.7 | Alexandrovsky Sad — Kiyevskaya segment reopened (4 stations, 3.1 km) |
| 17 | Sportivnaya — Universitet | 12.01.1959 | 2 | 4.5 | 55 | 75.2 | |
| 18 | Kutuzovskaya — Fili | 07.11.1959 | 1 | 1.7 | 56 | 76.9 | |
| 19 | Fili — Pionerskaya | 13.10.1961 | 3 | 3.5 | 59 | 80.4 | |
| 20 | Partizanskaya — Pervomayskaya | 21.10.1961 | 2 | 3.8 | 60 | 82.7 | Segment leading to temporary Pervomayskaya station closed (1,5 km) |
| 21 | Oktyabrskaya — Noviye Cheryomushki | 13.10.1962 | 5 | 8.1 | 65 | 90.8 | Without Shabolovskaya |
| 22 | Pervomayskaya — Shchyolkovskaya | 22.07.1963 | 1 | 1.6 | 66 | 92.4 | |
| 23 | Universitet — Yugo-Zapadnaya | 30.12.1963 | 2 | 4.5 | 68 | 96.9 | |
| 24 | Noviye Cheryomushki — Kaluzhskaya | 15.04.1964 | 1 | 1.5 | 69 | 98.4 | Tempopary station opened, worked until 1974 |
| 25 | Sokol — Rechnoy Vokzal | 30.12.1964 | 3 | 6.2 | 72 | 104.6 | |
| 26 | Pionerskaya — Molodyozhnaya | 05.07.1965 | 1 | 3.8 | 73 | 108.4 | Without Kuntsevskaya |
| 27 | Kuntsevskaya | 31.08.1965 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 108.4 | |
| 28 | Sokolniki — Preobrazhenskaya Ploschad | 31.12.1965 | 1 | 2.5 | 75 | 110.9 | |
| 29 | Taganskaya — Vykhino | 31.12.1966 | 7 | 12.9 | 82 | 123.8 | |
| 30 | Avtozavodskaya — Kakhovskaya | 11.08.1969 | 4 | 9.5 | 86 | 133.3 | Kashirskaya — Kakhovskaya segment opened as part of Line 2 |
| 31 | Oktyabrskaya — Kitay-Gorod | 30.12.1970 | 2 | 3.9 | 88 | 137.2 | |
| 32 | Taganskaya — Kitay-Gorod | 30.12.1970 | 1 | 2.1 | 89 | 139.3 | |
| 33 | Kitay-Gorod — Prospekt Mira | 31.12.1971 | 2 | 3.2 | 91 | 142.5 | |
| 34 | Barrikadnaya — Oktyabrskoye Pole | 30.12.1972 | 5 | 7.2 | 96 | 149.7 | |
| 35 | Noviye Cheryomushki — Belyaevo | 12.08.1974 | 2 | 3.6 | 97 | 151.8 | tempopary segment closed (1.5 km) |
| 36 | Kitay-Gorod — Barrikadnaya | 17.12.1975 | 2 | 4.1 | 99 | 155.9 | |
| 37 | Oktyabrskoye Pole — Planernaya | 30.12.1975 | 4 | 9.6 | 103 | 165.5 | |
| 38 | VDNKh — Medvedkovo | 29.09.1978 | 4 | 8.1 | 107 | 173.6 | |
| 39 | Tverskaya | 20.07.1979 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 173.6 | |
| 40 | Marksistskaya — Novogireyevo | 30.12.1979 | 6 | 11.4 | 114 | 185.0 | |
| 41 | Shabolovskaya | 05.11.1980 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 185.0 | |
| 42 | Serpukhovskaya — Yuzhnaya | 04.11.1983 | 8 | 13.0 | 122 | 198.0 | 25.10.1983 Vorobyovy Gory station closed |
| 43 | Kashirskaya — Orekhovo | 30.12.1984 | 3 | 6.4 | 125 | 204.4 | Segment soon closed due to flooding and re-opened 09.02.1985 |
| 44 | Orekhovo — Krasnogvardeyskaya | 07.09.1985 | 2 | 3.4 | 127 | 207.8 | |
| 45 | Yuzhnaya — Prazhskaya | 06.11.1985 | 1 | 1,1 | 128 | 208.9 | |
| 46 | Serpukhovskaya — Borovitskaya | 23.01.1986 | 2 | 2.8 | 130 | 211.7 | |
| 47 | Marksistskaya — Tretyakovskaya | 25.01.1986 | 1 | 1.7 | 131 | 213.4 | |
| 48 | Belyaevo — Tyoplyi Stan | 06.11.1987 | 2 | 2.9 | 133 | 216.3 | |
| 49 | Borovitskaya — Chekhovskaya | 31.12.1987 | 1 | 1.6 | 134 | 217.9 | |
| 50 | Chekhovskaya — Savyolovskaya | 31.12.1988 | 3 | 4.2 | 137 | 222.1 | |
| 51 | Molodyozhnaya — Krylatskoye | 31.12.1989 | 1 | 1.9 | 138 | 224.0 | |
| 52 | Tyoplyi Stan — Bitsevsky Park | 17.01.1990 | 2 | 3.6 | 140 | 227.6 | |
| 53 | Preobrazhenskaya Ploschad — Ulitsa Podbelskogo | 03.08.1990 | 2 | 3.8 | 142 | 231.4 | |
| 54 | Savyolovskaya — Otradnoye | 07.03.1991 | 5 | 8.5 | 147 | 239.9 | |
| 55 | Otradnoye — Bibirevo | 31.12.1992 | 1 | 2.6 | 148 | 242.5 | |
| 56 | Bibirevo — Altufyevo | 15.07.1994 | 1 | 2.0 | 149 | 243.6 | |
| 57 | Kashirskaya | 20.11.1995 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 243.6 | The Kashirskaya—Kakhovskaya branch of Line 2 detached as Line 11 |
| 58 | Chkalovskaya — Volzhskaya | 28.12.1995 | 6 | 12.1 | 156 | 256.6 | Without Dubrovka |
| 59 | Volzhskaya — Marino | 25.12.1996 | 3 | 5.4 | 159 | 262.0 | |
| 60 | Dubrovka | 11.12.1999 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 262.0 | |
| 61 | Prazhskaya — Ulitsa Akadenika Yangelia | 31.08.2000 | 1 | 2.0 | 161 | 264.0 | |
| 62 | Ulitsa Akadenika Yangelia — Annino | 12.12.2001 | 1 | 1.4 | 162 | 265.4 | |
| 63 | Annino — Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo | 26.12.2002 | 1 | 2.0 | 164 | 267.4 | 14.12.2002 Vorobyovy Gory re-opened |
| 64 | Kiyevskaya — Park Pobedy | 06.05.2003 | 1 | 3.2 | 165 | 270.6 | |
| 65 | Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya — Buninskaya Alleya | 27.12.2003 | 5 | 5.5 | 170 | 276.1 | Light Metro Line L1 |
| 66 | Kiyevskaya — Delovoy Tsentr | 10.09.2005 | 1 | 2.2 | 171 | 278.3 | a branch off Filyovskaya Line |
| 67 | Delovoy Tsentr — Mezhdunarodnaya | 30.08.2006 | 1 | 0.5 | 172 | 278.7 | |
| 68 | Chkalovskaya — Trubnaya | 30.08.2007 | 1 | 3.72 | 173 | 282.42 | Without Sretensky Bulvar |
| 69 | Sretensky Bulvar | 29.12.2007 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 282.42 | |
| 70 | Park Pobedy — Strogino | 07.01.2008 | 2 | 11.68 | 176 | 292.2 | Without Slavyansky Bulvar |
| 71 | Slavyansky Bulvar | 07.09.2008 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 292.2 | |
| 72 | Strogino - Mitino | 26.12.2009 | 3 | 6.6 | 180 | 298.8 | |
| 73 | Trubnaya - Mar’ina Roshcha | 19.06.2010 | 2 | 3.07 | 182 | 301.2 | |